SINCE 1934, MPC HAS SHAPED A MORE EQUITABLE, SUSTAINABLE AND PROSPEROUS CHICAGOLAND. AN INDEPENDENT, NONPROFIT, NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATION, MPC SERVES COMMUNITIES AND RESIDENTS BY DEVELOPING, PROMOTING AND IMPLEMENTING SOLUTIONS FOR SOUND REGIONAL GROWTH. IN 2020 MPC FOCUSED ITS PROGRAMMATIC WORK ON WATER RESOURCES INCLUDING WATER AFFORDABILITY, SAFE DRINKING WATER, AND FLOODING RELIEF; HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LIKE OUR CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE AND GOOD NEIGHBORHOODS RESEARCH, AND OUR TRANSIT INITIATIVES SUCH AS UNIVERSAL MOBILITY WHICH INCREASES ACCESS TO TRANSIT, MAKING IT EQUITABLE AND AFFORDABLE.